Re: Boot from SATA drive--module or built-in?
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 04:42 -0700, Brian C wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a kernel-related question to which I cannot find a
> definitive answer.
>
> If I am not going to use an initrd image, and I want to
> boot Debian from an SATA drive (in a system with no PATA
> drives and all SATA drives) using a 2.6 kernel, then is it
> necessary to compile-in the specific driver for the SATA
> controller or is it acceptable for it to be merely a
> module? (When doing make menuconfig do I need a * or will
> an M do?)
>
> In particular, if the SATA controller is the NVIDIA
> nForce4 controller, does nv-sata need to be built-in or
> can it just be a module?
>
> It seems like I've read somewhere that when you want to
> boot from such a drive then the boot process never makes
> it to loading modules because it cannot find the SATA
> drives to begin with, requiring the specific SATA driver
> to be built-in. Is that right?
>
If you dont want to use a initrd, you need to have it builtin.
if you can use a initrd. you can build it as a module.
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